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Filling basic 6-sided holes in Rhino

Bobi
in Modeling
8 1 Beginner
This tutorial shows how to fill a 6-sided hole surrounded by simple planar surface transitions in Rhino.
Rhino rhino blend hole 6-sided surface surfacing nurbs transition

Filling 6-sided holes in Rhino

Bobi
in Modeling
3 0 Intermediate
This tutorial shows how to fill a 6-sided hole surrounded by complex surface transitions in Rhino.
Rhino transition nurbs surfacing surface 6-sided hole blend rhino

Clean, easy to edit shape with Loft and Blend surface

Bobi
in Modeling
1 0 Beginner
Clean, easy to edit shape with Loft and Blend surface
Rhino industrial fillet smooth design box blend surface loft

Converting a metal tube with 3 mm fillets to an aluminum extrusion

Bobi
in Modeling
1 0 Beginner
Converting a metal tube with 3 mm fillets to an aluminum extrusion
Rhino tube corner blend surface smooth fillet transition design

Filling basic 6-sided holes in Rhino (ver. 2)

Bobi
in Modeling
1 0 Intermediate
This tutorial shows how to fill a 6-sided hole surrounded by simple planar surface transitions in Rhino.
Rhino transition nurbs surfacing surface 6-sided hole blend rhino

Blend surface - Advanced Planar sections (tutorial 1)

Bobi
in Modeling
1 0 Beginner
Blend surface with advanced "Planar sections" option
Rhino section planar transition nurbs surfacing surface blend rhino

Filling basic 6-sided holes in Rhino (ver. 3)

Bobi
in Modeling
1 0 Beginner
This tutorial shows how to fill a 6-sided hole surrounded by simple planar surface transitions in Rhino.
Rhino rhino blend hole 6-sided surface surfacing nurbs transition

Loft to simulate a full round fillet between 3 surfaces

Bobi
in Modeling
1 0 Beginner
In cases where 3 surfaces meet together and the goal is to create a full round fillet in-between, the top surface could be used to extract an isocurve that’s then used as a middle profile for a “Loft surface”. The two main vertical surfaces are shortened by the amount of approximate radius (in this example, the radius is 5 mm, because the two main surfaces are 10 mm far from each other) and set to tangent start and end for the loft operation. That would maintain the desired top limit for the rounded surface, though it will not produce a true radius fillet.
Rhino rhino radius surface surfacing nurbs transition round fillet

Match surfaces manually

Bobi
in Modeling
1 0 Intermediate
One disturbing issue with "Match surface" is that it will try to transfer the 1st and 2nd row of control points to the target edge while keeping the distances between them relatively unchanged. This is usually great for the majority of users, because it's predictable and even usable in specific cases. However, there must be an option to "unclock" the aforementioned correlation between the 1st and 2nd row of control points and instead let "Match surface" adopt the same distances as the target control points. With that option turned on, the surface to be matched will become perfectly matched to the target one. To demonstrate the HUGE advantage of a potential "Adopt" option that I just described, here is a simple way to achieve the necessary correlation between the 1st and 2nd row of control points by "mirroring" the distances from the target surface to the opposite one. Lets hope that "McNeel" will consider adding such an option in the future releases of Rhino.
Rhino blend 3d cnc curvature tangent class-a surface match

Blend surface - Advanced Planar sections (tutorial 2)

Bobi
in Modeling
1 0 Beginner
Blend surface with advanced "Planar sections" option
Rhino rhino blend surface surfacing nurbs transition planar section

Editable tween curve on surface or polysurface

Bobi
in Modeling
1 0 Beginner
History in Rhino 7 must be turned on, in order for the modifications on the input surfaces to affect the output tween surface and its corresponding curve intersection. The latter could be further simplified via the "! _RemoveMultiKnot" command, though that will destroy the history and also may cause the curve to no longer sit perfectly accurate on the surface/polysurface.
Rhino curve edit transition nurbs surfacing surface tween rhino

Clean, easy to edit shape with Loose Loft

Bobi
in Modeling
0 0 Beginner
Clean, easy to edit shape with Loose Loft
Rhino nice industrial design box smooth blend surface loft

Modeling of Y-branch in Rhino 7

Bobi
in Modeling
0 0 Expert
Modeling of Y-branch in Rhino 7
Rhino pro advanced smooth pipe match perfect surface blend

Manual fillets in Rhino 7

Bobi
in Modeling
0 0 Intermediate
Manual fillets in Rhino 7
Rhino hack nurbs chamfer edge surface blend solid fillet

Magic corner in Rhino 7

Bobi
in Modeling
0 0 Intermediate
Magic corner in Rhino 7
Rhino pipe design transition fillet smooth surface blend corner
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